Brandon Ingram hits game-winner to earn Pelicans 105-103 come-from-behind win over Trail Blazers

Brandon Ingram deed a jumper pinch 4.9 seconds near and nan New Orleans Pelicans rallied from down to hit nan Portland Trail Blazers 105-103

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Brandon Ingram deed a jumper pinch 4.9 seconds near and nan New Orleans Pelicans rallied from down to hit nan Portland Trail Blazers 105-103 connected Friday night.

New Orleans trailed until CJ McCollum made a 3-pointer and floater to necktie it astatine 91 pinch 8:20 to go. Jordan Hawkins made free throws to put New Orleans successful front. The Pelicans extended nan lead to 97-91 connected Daniel Theis' layup.

Anfernee Simons' jumper put Portland backmost successful beforehand pinch 2:24 left. It was backmost and 4th down nan agelong until Ingram's game-winner.

Hawkins led nan Pelicans pinch 24 points.

Zion Williamson was successful nan starting lineup for nan Pelicans aft missing nan team's opener against Chicago pinch an illness. He vanished pinch 16 points.

Portland jumped retired to a 27-15 lead successful nan first 4th and held connected to a double-digit lead done astir of nan half to lead 47-37 astatine nan break.

Pelicans: Dejounte Murray is expected to miss four-to-six weeks because of a manus wounded he sustained successful nan 4th fourth of New Orleans' play opener against nan Chicago Bulls connected Wednesday night. Jose Alvarado replaced him successful nan starting lineup.

Trail Blazers: Rookie large man Donovan Clingan played conscionable 7 minutes successful nan first half but had 3 blocks. In nan 3rd quarter, he stripped Yves Missi of a rebound from behind, sewage nan layup and drew a foul. Clingan vanished pinch 4 points and 4 blocks successful 14 minutes.

Ingram drove into nan overgarment connected Simons and made a contested turnaround jumper to springiness nan Pelicans a 105-103 lead pinch 4.9 seconds left.

Jerami Grant vanished pinch 34 points, including 8 3-pointers, for nan Blazers, breaking his erstwhile champion of 7 group against Cleveland successful 2022.

The Pelicans and nan Blazers play again astatine nan Moda Center connected Sunday afternoon.

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